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The new Kindle Oasis’ adjustable hue makes night reading much easier

Jun19
by on June 19, 2019 at 2:24 pm
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The new Kindle Oasis e-reader has been announced and it has a fancy new feature: a color adjustable backlight. Basically, rather than simply changing the brightness of the screen to help with evening reading, it can alter hue as the day progresses. Basically, it’ll turn from a cool blue during the day, to a warmer yellow color at night. Users can either change this themselves, or set the device to do so automatically. Our eyes will thank us. Amazon‘s Kindle Oasis is the premium version of the company’s range of e-readers, this means it’s normally the first to get exciting…

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Hackers exploit Mozilla Firefox bug reportedly affecting Coinbase users

Jun19
by on June 19, 2019 at 2:20 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Mozilla has warned hackers are exploiting a critical “zero-day” exploit in its Firefox browser — and cryptocurrency owners are most at-risk, ZDNet reports. Details of the bug are scarce, but Mozilla has described it as a “type confusion vulnerability” that could occur when interacting with JavaScript objects. “This can allow for an exploitable crash,” reads Mozilla’s latest patch note. “We are aware of targeted attacks in the wild abusing this flaw.” Samuel Groß, one of the security researchers who found and reported the bug, confirmed he did so way back on April 15 — over two months ago. “The first public fix then landed about…

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How to pick the best approach to data science (fyi, there are three)

Jun19
by on June 19, 2019 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Podium


As companies place an increasing premium on data science, there is some debate about which approach is best to adopt — and there is no straight up, one-size-fits-all answer. It really depends on your organization’s needs and what you hope to accomplish. There are three main approaches that have been discussed over the past couple of years, and it’s worth taking a look at the merits and limitations of each as well as the human element involved. After all, knowing the capabilities of your team and who you’re attempting to serve with data science influences heavily how to implement it.…

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CHEAP: Photograph your loved ones’ SOULS with $200 off the Google Pixel 3 XL

Jun19
by on June 19, 2019 at 11:53 am
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Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! One of the best things to come from the smartphone revolution is the camera. If you were around before this period (read: old), you’ll remember having to lug around a dedicated device to snap weird pictures. But, today, you’ve got a top quality camera with you everywhere you go. And one of the best camera systems around today is on the Google Pixel 3XL – a phone we love for this and a myriad of other reasons, too. Oh — and who would’ve thought…

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